单词 | locust bush |
释义 | > as lemmaslocust bush locust bush n. (a) a young or shrubby black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia); (b) a mesquite bush (genus Prosopis). ΚΠ 1832 E. Ruffin Ess. Calcareous Manures vii. 82 (table) 100 grains of ashes from..Young locust bushes entire. 1834 A. Pike Sketches 56 The valley was full of small hills interspersed with mezquite bushes, that is, a kind of prickly green locust bush, which bears long narrow beans in bunches. 1905 St. Nicholas Mar. 450/1 There were a number of big trees in the grove, and a great many half-grown locust bushes. 2006 Mountain Bike May 47/1 We pick our way for hours down rock fields and through flesh-tearing locust bushes that have grown over the route. < as lemmas |
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